Tomsk is located in the southeastern part of the West Siberian Plain, and the Ob River flows slowly through the north of Tomsk.

In this day and age. Tomsk was also the place where the Russians exiled prisoners, and the distance from St. Petersburg to here was nearly 4,000 kilometers. After crossing the Ural Mountains and entering Asia from Europe, the vast Asian land of Russia is still very barren, and there are no people everywhere for dozens of miles. Although Tomsk was a castle in 1604 and a small town in 1855, the castle that was originally used against Guchu Khan is still in full swing, and it is not known whether its strong stone walls will be able to withstand artillery attacks.

Lin Wei looked at Tomsk Castle in the distance for a while. This type of Westerner-built castle has a unique shape, with towers, walls, and turrets intertwined. It looks like a delicate toy. It has a completely different style from the castle tower in the East.

Zuo Zongtang asked a little anxiously: "Duke, are we going to strengthen the offensive, there are only more than two months left before winter, if we don't take it again, we will have to drink the northwest wind outside the city at that time." Besides, the reinforcements of the Rakshasa have arrived, let them join forces, can this city still be defeated? ”

Lin Wei put his hand on Zuo Zongtang's shoulder and said, "There will be a battle soon, and reinforcements from the Rakshasa people have come." If you think about it, we have conquered this Tomsk, as well as Barnaul, Krasnoyarsk, Omsk, etc., etc., and we have to fight these towns one by one. These cities are not Abakan, which are towns of the local Khakassians, but these towns were built by the Russians themselves. They've put down roots here, and it's going to be hard for us to get rid of them completely. So we have to let them keep sending people who ask for help to attract the Russian troops from the surrounding areas. That's where our opportunity comes. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Wei pointed to a black dot-like airship in the sky in the distance and smiled: "Could it be our airship." Is it for scenic viewing? ”――

Kutuzov looked at the airship in the sky with a telescope, and the thing hung in the sky made him feel like he was being stripped naked.

There must have been someone on the airship looking at the ground with a telescope at this moment, and as long as he swung his head, Kutuzov could see a strong refracted light flash in the sky.

He handed the binoculars to the adjutant beside him and said, "Is that Chinese cavalry still nearby?" ”

"General, they're still nearby."

Kutuzov sneered, the Chinese dared to follow themselves with thousands of cavalry, did they not know the power of the Cossack cavalry. Kutuzov decided to make the Chinese remember for a long time, and he pointed his finger at the commander of the Cossack cavalry regiment, and the fierce Cossack immediately came to Kutuzov's side respectfully.

The two whispered for a while, and the Cossack with a floppy hat made an exaggerated expression. showed a mouthful of yellow teeth and grinned non-stop-

This is the field where the Russians camped last night. Countless footprints were left on the ground. Dutt, commander of the 25th Chinese Cavalry Division, paid special attention to a place full of horse manure, which was significantly less than the camp last night. They had searched the entire camp, and only here had the most horse manure, but it was also significantly less than before.

Hu Xudong, chief of staff of the 25th Cavalry Division, said to Dutt: "It seems that the Rakshasas have divided a group of horsemen to go out. ”

Both of them were pondering this question in their hearts.

Dutt opened his mouth and said, "The Rakshasas may want to deal with us, so we should pay attention to it today and cheer up our brothers." ”

Hu Xudong asked the guard to take out a map and look at it, and he said while inspecting it: "It seems that the destination of the Rakshasa is not Tomsk, if you look at this route, they must want to go around behind us." ”

Dutt leaned over, looked at it carefully for a moment, and then said, "Surely so, send a brother back to report." ”

Hu Xudong originally wanted to remind Dute that the airship in the sky should have already shown the whereabouts of the reinforcements of the Russian army, but he thought about it, this is the work of the cavalry division, how can he not report it, not to mention that he has studied in the army school, even if the information in the army has the same content, different sources have different roles.

Dutt was talking to Hu Xudong when someone suddenly shouted in the field: "The cavalry of the Rakshasa people is here." ”

Dutt and Hu Xudong glanced at each other, and the two immediately understood that this was certainly not a coincidence. It seems that the Rakshasas wanted to kill them with a rifle.

"Get on your horse and assemble yourself."

With Dutt's shouting, the originally lax cavalry immediately became nervously busy, and five thousand well-trained cavalrymen, methodically arranging their clothing and weapons, quickly stepped on their horses and assembled according to the formation.

Dutt looked at his pocket watch, and the whole assembly took five and a half minutes, which was a bit long, but now was not the time to correct it, because the sound of the hooves of the Cossack cavalry was already not far away.

Dutt didn't have any extra words, he drew his saber and shouted to the cavalry: "Ten kilometers to the south, there is one who stands in the way, to Lao Tzu, kill!" ”

Five thousand horsemen, under the command of the officers, turned their horses and galloped in the direction of the Cossacks, to the south where Dutt was pointing. This direction is exactly the opposite direction of the march of the Russian army.

It is not difficult to imagine that the 25th Cavalry Division suffered a fierce battle, and the scouts on the airships witnessed the whole battle.

Dust and smoke billowed on the ground, horses came and went, and the cold light reflected by the saber was clearly visible even from a height of several hundred meters. The cavalry fought, coming fiercely, coming quickly, going fast, and after a while, a puff of dust and smoke rolled to the south, and the horseback mountain was full of green uniforms. There is no doubt that it was the uniform of the Chinese cavalry, and behind them closely pursued a cavalry in gray clothing, this was the famous Cossack cavalry.

The two sides drifted apart, and after running for about a few miles, the Cossack cavalry turned back.

At this time, the Russian infantry also rushed to the battlefield, and the infantry on the ground the size of ants filled the battlefield, if the Chinese cavalry did not force the south, the consequences were self-evident.

This situation made the scout in the air pinch a cold sweat for his compatriots-

Lin Wei didn't expect that the plan he had drawn up went wrong, and seeing that the Russian army, which was about to enter the ambush circle, turned around and went back.

Later, after a review, Lin Wei realized that the problem was with the 25th Cavalry Division. The Russians turned around and went to fight a few thousand cavalry, regardless of the overall situation. It's damn right. Let Lin Wei's perfect ambush plan fall through.

What annoyed Lin Wei the most was that the 25th Cavalry Division suffered heavy losses, and the Cossacks fought and left more than 600 horsemen on the battlefield. The cavalry commander Monk Greenqin felt sorry for the cavalry under his command, and went to Lin Wei every day to complain.

Lin Wei is planning to ambush the Russian army again. The Russian army seemed to feel bad and simply retreated to Omsk.

In the blink of an eye, it was already September, Lin Wei secretly self-examined, and he led the two group armies on the West Road to attack, and only occupied one place in Abakan, which was still the credit of the persuasion of the Mongolian guide in the army. This winter is coming, is it possible to take Tomsk like this. Stay in this icy and snowy land full of Rakshasas.

If the Russians had reoccupied Abakan, their supply lines would have been cut off. If 100,000 people go hungry in the cold winter, how will this battle be fought? Moreover, it hurt the Russians, they stopped fighting hard with the squadron, and they were guerrilla everywhere, which was indeed a little uncomfortable in the vast Siberia. After thinking about it, Lin Wei decided. Withdrawal. Keep Tomsk for the Rakshasas until the beginning of the next year.

Although he planned to withdraw his troops, Lin Wei also decided to let Tomsk have a good taste of the famous dish of "hot iron balls".